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Experimental Philosophy |
17th - 19th Century |
Psychology is a branch of philosophy |
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Wilhem Wundt's lab |
1879 |
First experimental psychology lab, Germany. Pioneering introspection |
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Introspection |
1879 |
The first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures |
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Sigmund Freud |
1900 |
Establishes psychodynamic approach. Developed person centred therapy, psychoanalysis. |
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John B Watson, BF Skinner |
1913 |
Establishes the behaviourist approach. Psychodynamic and behaviourist approaches dominate psychology next 50 years |
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Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow |
1950 |
Humanistic approach, rejecting views favoured by behaviorism and psychodynamic approach |
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Cognitive approach |
1960 |
Came with introduction of digital computers. Reintroduces the study of mental processes but in a more scientific way compared to Wundt |
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Albert Bandura, Social learning theory |
1960 |
Attention to the role of cognitive factors in learning, bridging newly established cognitive and traditional behaviourism |
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The biological approach |
1980s onwards |
Begins to establish itself due to advances in technology leading to increased understanding of the brain |
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Cognitive neuroscience |
Eve of the 21st century |
Combines cognitive and biological perspectives, built in earlier computer models |
